World Food Forum: Hand-in-Hand Initiative brings partners into the agrifood family
18/10/2022
FAO hosts Investment Forum to catalyze matchmaking between investors and projects serving the vulnerable.
One Health Joint Plan of Action launched to address health threats to humans, animals, plants and environment
17/10/2022
The initiative by the Quadripartite - FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH – also aims to contribute to sustainable development.
Without immediate, at-scale cash and livelihood assistance, famine in Somalia is imminent
14/10/2022
The FAO Representative in Somalia, Etienne Peterschmitt, spoke to reporters at a press conference from New York on the famine risk and catastrophic food insecurity situation in Somalia, ninety percent of which is facing extreme drought.
The deadly combination of prolonged drought due to a historic four consecutive failed rainy seasons, in...
World Food Day 2022: Call to leave no one behind comes at critical juncture for global food security
14/10/2022
Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General, and Italy’s President join other leaders in urging renewed efforts to tackle hunger and malnutrition.
Catastrophic hunger levels recorded for the first time in Haiti
14/10/2022
Almost half the population are currently facing acute hunger.
Agricultural aid: a game changer in tackling hunger crises
13/10/2022
FAO Director-General calls for increased investments in agriculture and resilient agrifood systems to prevent famine in the run-up to the World Food Day.
FAO’s Hand-in-Hand Initiative hits the ground running
13/10/2022
Investors are buying into the innovative, inclusive and bottom-up approach to sustainable development in the most vulnerable countries.
A mix of responses needed to address impacts of still-high world food prices, FAO says
13/10/2022
At a UN General Assembly (UNGA) Second Committee side event, the Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the UN in New York, QU Guangzhou, called for a policy mix to ensure food access and availability in months ahead.
Today’s side event ‘The role of trade and logistics in getting food...
FAO presents reports of the Secretary-General at GA Second Committee
12/10/2022
UN committee discusses agriculture, food security and nutrition, rural poverty eradication, combatting sand and dust storms, and sustainable mountain development.
FAO Chief Economist, Maximo Torero Cullen, addressed the Second Committee today, presenting recommendations on how to advance sustainable agriculture development, food security and nutrition, and efforts to eradicate rural poverty, when introducing two...
FAO ready to help map a pathway out of global food crisis
11/10/2022
Director-General addresses G20 Joint Finance and Agriculture Ministers Meeting.
FAO Food Price Index drops for the sixth consecutive month
07/10/2022
Prices of vegetable oils lead the decline in September.
International food prices fall, but food access in vulnerable countries remains a concern
07/10/2022
At a press briefing today from New York, journalists heard from Máximo Torero, FAO Chief Economist, who spoke on the Food Price Index update for September and its implications for world food commodity markets ahead.
The FAO Food Price Index, the gauge for world food commodity prices, saw its sixth monthly decline in a...
How sustainable forest management can enhance the world’s biodiversity
06/10/2022
New report includes case studies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and the United Kingdom.
Bioeconomy: FAO is at the forefront of global efforts to promote sustainable food and agriculture
06/10/2022
Director-General QU Dongyu addresses EU Bioeconomy Conference on 10th anniversary of strategy launch.
Youth must be given the skills to shape evolving forestry sector, FAO Director-General says
05/10/2022
Investing in a sustainable future means investing in youth.
Consumption of primary processed wood products predicted to grow 37 percent by 2050
04/10/2022
FAO publishes Global forest sector outlook 2050.
The world must halt deforestation and use forests sustainably, FAO Director-General says
03/10/2022
The 26th Session of the Committee on Forestry opens.
Tackling food loss and waste: A triple win opportunity
29/09/2022
FAO and UNEP issue call for action on International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and waste.
Reducing food loss and waste central to tackling climate change, food insecurity and to making more efficient use of our natural resources
28/09/2022
Interview with Rosa Rolle, FAO Team Leader, Food Losses and Waste.
G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting: Stop a food access crisis from turning into a food availability crisis, FAO says
28/09/2022
Director-General QU Dongyu urges peace, warns of devastating implications of soaring food and fertilizer prices.